Precise Praise

There are four principles to Precise Praise listed below: 1. Differentiate Acknowledgement from Praise 2. Positive Loud; Critical Quiet (i.e. making the good stuff visible) 3. Reinforcing Actions, Not Traits 4. Genuine Praise Practice Perfect – Doug Lemov, Erica...

Bad Arguments–an illustrated book of

While reading another excellent post from Kailash Awati, aka K, of Eight to Late fame and following the usual cascade of excellent reference material, I came across a little gem of a book  called An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments. An excellent read and refresher on...

Flea Research

There was once this eminent scientist conducting research into how fleas jump. After carefully selecting a candidate flea, the scientist instructed the flea to jump and it jumped. Next the scientist pulled a leg off the flea and again instructed it to jump, and the...

The Ambiguities of Experience

“Experience may possibly be the best teacher, but it is not a particularly good teacher.”   The Ambiguities of Experience, 2010 James G. March